Pop-up shops — temporary locations in unused or temporary premises — seem to be all the rage at the moment.
The latest development in the pop-up craze has come from an unexpected direction — Europcar’s largest car and van hire company, Europcar.
Europcar is currently trialling 14 new pop-up locations in London, in an effort to speed up customers’ access to rental cars and vans in the capital.
The pop-up branches are being operated as Meet & Greet locations and will offer Europcar’s full fleet of vans and cars available for collection in London.
When a customer arrives at one of the new branches, they will be met by a Europcar representative who will take them to their pre-booked hire van or car, enabling them to continue with their journey as quickly and seamlessly as possible.
It’s not clear how near the pre-booked cars and vans will beheld to the pop-up location, but I guess it’s reasonable to assume that they will be much closer than the nearest Europcar branch, enabling customers to cut out travel time across London to the nearest permanent London rental branch.
Europcar’s pop-up locations will be open six days a week, Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, and Saturday, 8am to 1pm. The full list of Europcar pop-up locations is:
- Battersea
- Borehamwood
- Camden
- Chingford
- Crystal Palace
- Dartford
- Earls Court
- Ilford
- New Cross
- New Southgate
- Notting Hill
- Orpington
- Staples Corner
- Wood Green
Pop-up locations can be booked through Europcar’s website in the normal way and show up in the booking system as ‘Meet & Greet’ locations – e.g. ‘New Southgate Meet & Greet’. For more details or to make a booking, visit Europcar’s website.